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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1991
Tatsuki Inuzuka, Hitachi, JP;
Keisuke Nakashima, Hitachi, JP;
Toru Takei, Katsuta, JP;
Yasuyuki Kojima, Hitachi, JP;
Kyoichi Nomura, Owariasahi, JP;
Shinichi Shinoda, Hitachi, JP;
Katsubumi Ouchi, Chigasaki, JP;
Hideki Muroya, Ebina, JP;
Eizou Ebisui, Yokohama, JP;
Norikazu Takahashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Tomoe Sasayama, Kamakura, JP;
Hideo Nakazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Yasunori Iwafuji, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Kobayashi, Hachiouji, JP;
Hisashi Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Kawamura, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Tamaoki, Yokosuka, JP;
Shogo Matsumoto, Shimoinayoshi, JP;
Kenji Yokoi, Basiglio MI, IT;
Atuhiko Urusihara, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus has a transparent plate on which a document may be located. The document is then scanned by a scanner which includes electronic solid state light generation means e.g. LEDs which illuminate the document, with the light reflected from the document being detected by a detector. An electronic signal corresponding to an image of the document may then be transmitted to a remote location. Alternately, the facsimile apparatus may be used to copy the document. Cut paper sheets are withdrawn from storage and an image printed thereon by a heat transfer system in which a film of ink is selectively heated. Paper on which an image has been printed is then received on the upper surface of the storage. The facsimile apparatus may also have a document transporter for moving a document past the scanner with the scanner fixed.